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03/4/2011 at 4:42pm
Location: Worcestershire
Outfit: Vango Kairos 300
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Just been to Winfields near Redditch to see the new Vango Airbeam tents, and have to say I am impressed! The poles are much bigger than I realised they would be but seem just as sturdy as any other type, and in fact the tents (the smaller Velocity and the larger Infinity) seemed to be doing pretty well in today's horrible windy, rainy weather. (That said, I imagine they have probably taken care to pitch them as well as possible, where it sometimes feels like they haven't taken quite so much care over some of the other tents!)
Inside, the Infinity felt very spacious (it's very tall!) and nicely made - and dark! The only thing I just don't understand about these tents is the lack of windows - it would be fine in good weather when you can have both doors open, but in poor weather it's very gloomy inside with just one not very large window (there may have been one window on each side, but even if there was, it was still very dark inside the tent).
All in all a stylish, well-made, sturdy tent, which might have tempted me if only it had more windows! it will certainly be interesting to see what developments happen over time as people buy and use them.
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03/4/2011 at 5:08pm
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Outfit: Hi Gear Voyager
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Thanks for the write up, would def think about one in the future, when creases etc ironed out and prices come down.
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03/4/2011 at 5:55pm
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Hi BeakerUK.
I got to see the Vango Airbeam at Winfields Haslingden a couple of weeks back, but having also seen the Karsten inflateable tents, at a display in Cheshire last year, I have to say that the Vango's are toys in comparison.
Of course I am not comparing like with like, as the Karsten tents would set you back the thick end of £5k!.
So at around £650 for the Vango, you are still getting a decent tent for your money, but it's not in the same league as a Karsten, not by a long chalk.
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05/4/2011 at 8:49pm
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I have a little Peridot ambience for which I paid £30 and it is fairly good but only garden camped in it just in case it wasn't!
I would like to see these ones as I do think they are really costly and I wonder how much different (other than size obviously) they are from the existing periodots?
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05/4/2011 at 10:25pm
Location: Bury Lancashire
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Having been to Winfields Haslingden/Rossendale recently and had a good poke around the tent display as I always do, I hadn't even twigged that there were inflatable tents hiding amongst the regulars. I shall have to take a closer look next time I'm there...
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10/4/2011 at 7:42am
Location: Tockholes Lancs
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We went to Winfields at Haslingden yesterday - they had one of the Airbeam tents up inside the store, and then more in their outdoor display. Look very nice, but didn't spend much time studying them, totally out of our price range at the moment :-)
Kate.
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